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"What you want, when you want it. As opposed to everything you could ever want, even when you don't."
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"It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records."
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"I want to be on a show that's as good as the one we're doing and that we get to make for many years."
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"Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people."

"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."

"Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense."

"I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else."

"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."

"The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game."

"When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on."

"In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you."
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